Michaelian on Reading

Michaelian on Reading

[N]o day has passed in which I have not read. The very act is my grateful prayer of the predawn hours, and many other hours besides. Reading is my rhythm, my companion, my faithful, illuminating guide. Through it, inches become miles, hours days, days years, years lifetimes.

These sentences from a brief but moving introduction to William Michaelian‘s annual list of books he’s read in the current year. He has been happily wandering through the 19th century, and not a few of the books he lists are ones I’ve had on my “read someday” list. William’s example has bumped a few to my “read soon” list, which is really what all such lists are for. Thanks, William!

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In my classroom, I “force” my students to keep a “read someday” list, or as I like to call it…a Someday List. I knew that this idea wasn’t something that I just made up. William Michaelian’s post has also inspired me to compose my own list of books that I read over the past year. Should be up in the next day or so.

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Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2018, has published 17 books, including a translation of flash fictions by Mexican author Miguel Lupián, and co-edited two anthologies. He lives in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. He teaches at the University of Denver's University College, where he currently directs two programs: Arts & Culture and Global Affairs.